King Richard

Brandi is a more interesting character, thanks to a superb performance from Ellis, and their scenes together are the best in the movie, although the tennis sequences are very well shot and edited.

Smith is entertaining. His single-mindedness should make him a bore but he somehow retains his talent to amuse whatever else is on his mind.

Featuring a towering performance from Will Smith in the title role, proving that a hero is not necessarily easy to root for.

This is a dream role for Will Smith and he attacks it with gusto. Williams is a larger-than-life character who just happens to be real, and Smith embodies his underdog, combative, indefatigable spirit to perfection.

King Richard has a Will Smith problem. It is obviously meant to be award catnip for Smith and a cinematic crowning for Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena. And yet Smith's starring role may be the weakest part of the film.

In this compelling, well-acted but conventionally told biopic about the unconventional dad of tennis icons Serena and Venus Williams, actor Will Smith makes another convincing bid to collect some acting trophies.

King Richard gets the slick-production big-star sports-bio right, Slap or no Slap.

King Richard is inspirational, crowd-pleasing, and is a film that shows exactly how bio-pics should be told.

King Richard is undoubtedly a Will Smith vehicle that allows him to, once again, flex his dramatic chops in a way that resembles his best performance in Michael Mann’s Ali.

King Richard is not your ordinary sports movie or celebrity biopic...it unfolds like a compelling slice-of-life drama that just happens to include two of the greatest names in sports history.